Hillara

Natively known as: ˈhara /ˈhara/

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: b d f g h j k l m n p r s t v w z ð ŋ ɣ θ

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Dental	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m			n		ŋ
Stop	p b			t d		k g
Fricative		f v	θ ð	s z		ɣ	h
Approximant					j
Trill				r
Lateral approximant				l

Co-articulated phonemes

↓Manner/Place→	Labial-velar
Approximant	w

Vowel inventory: a aː e eː i iː o oː r̩ u uː æ ø øː ɔu̯ ɛ ɛi̯ ɛy̯ ɛː
Diphthongs: ɔu̯ ɛi̯ ɛy̯ ?

	Front	Back
High	i iː	u uː
High-mid	e eː ø øː	o oː
Low-mid	ɛ ɛː
Near-low	æ
Low	a aː

Syllable structure: Custom defined ?
Stress pattern: Penultimate — stress is on the second last syllable ?
Spelling rules:

Pronunciation	Spelling
ɔu	au
ɛi	ei
ɛy	ey
r̩	r
ɛ	e|æ
θ	th
ð	th
ŋ	ng
ɣ	gh
ː

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Grammar

Main word order: Subject (Prepositional phrase) Object Verb. “Mary opened the door with a key” turns into Mary with a key the door opened.
Adjective order: Adjectives are positioned before the noun.
Adposition: postpositions ?

Verb affixes

Past	If ends with vowel: Suffix -rr Else: Suffix -arr ˈakkorr /ˈakkorr/ learned
Present	No affix ˈakko /ˈakko/ learn
Future	If ends with vowel: Suffix -rn Else: Suffix -ɛi̯rn ˈakkorn /ˈakkorn/ will learn

Adjective affixes

Singular	No affix gey̯ /gɛy̯/
Plural	Reduplicate first part of first syllable ˈgey̯gey̯ /ˈgɛy̯gɛy̯/

Noun affixes

Singular	No affix eft /eft/ dog
Plural	If ends with vowel: Suffix -t Else: Suffix -it ˈeftit /ˈeftit/ dogs

Numbers

Hillara has a base-10 number system:
1 - gu
2 - spæt
3 - flu
4 - ei̯
5 - fjil
6 - gip
7 - gnu
8 - i
9 - æ
10 - drjei̯
100 - str
1000 - kvefn

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ss
Else: Suffix -iss
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = Suffix -i
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -llt
Else: Suffix -øːllt
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = Suffix -oː
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -s
Else: Suffix -as
Noun → verb (to create [noun]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -rd
Else: Suffix -r̩rd
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -p
Else: Suffix -øːp
Verb → adjective (likely to do [verb]) = Suffix -øː
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = Suffix -r̩n
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = Suffix -i
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -sk
Else: Suffix -aːsk
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = Suffix -ɛi̯ð
Diminutive = If ends with vowel: Suffix -gg
Else: Suffix -ɛi̯gg
Augmentative = Suffix -oːm

Dictionary

2991 Words.

Spoken by

• Hillarian